Unit7ReadingWarmingupSciencefiction

Sciencefiction(or“sci-fi”)isapopularkindofstoryfoundinmanybooks,comicsandfilms.TheWaroftheWorldsisafamoussciencefictionstory.ItisaboutaliensfromMars(called“Martians”)attackingtheEarth.ItwaswrittenbytheEnglishwriter,H.G.Wells,whoiscalledthe“FatherofScienceFiction”.ManypeopleinAmericathoughtitwasrealwhentheyheardthestoryontheradioin1938!CulturecornerWhatdoyouknowabout…?A1Doyoubelieveinaliens?Doyouagreewiththefollowingsentences?Discussthemwithyourclassmates.1Wereceivedsomemessagesfromaliensabouttenyearsago.AlienscametotheEarththousandsofyearsago,andmadesomebuilding.2AlienssometimestakepeoplefromtheEarthintotheirspaceships.3Therearemanyplanetsinspace.Aliensliveonsomeofthem.4BeforeyoureadLookatthepictures,thetitleandthefirstparagraphofthestoryonpage99.Thenanswerthequestionsbelow.Youmayneedtoguesssomeoftheanswers.1WhendidTinawakeup?

Tinawokeupatmidnight.2Whatwastheyellowlightinthesky?Spaceship.3Whathappenedtothelight?Itsuddenlydivedtowardstheground.4WhatdidTinaprobablydothenextday?Tinaprobablyexplore.VocabularyC1Readingthefollowingsentencesfromthestoryonpage99.Circlethecorrectmeaningsforthewordsinitalicsbelow.1...theyhidbehindsomebushesandkeptquiet.adidnotmakeanynoisebstayedinaplacewithoutanypeople2Itdiscoveredthemandmadeaterriblenoise!asoftbnotpleasant3Thechildrenranawayinfear.afeelingtiredbfeelingafraid4Thechildrenspreadtheirwingsandflewtoschooltogether.aopened...outwardsbput…together5Dadlookedatthepieceofpaperwiththestrangemarksonit.agradesbsymbolsorwritingabbabC2Completethefollowingnewspaperarticlewiththewordsfromthebox.Changetheirformsifnecessary.discoverloudrefusewonderinfearquietspread

“UFO”SeeninWestJerseyAtaround7p.m.lastnight,theJohnsonfamilyhearda(1)___________noiseandsawabrightlightinthesky.Somethingthenfellintothebushes.Thereweremorenoises,andthenallbecame(2)_____________(3)___________,thefamilycalledthepolice.Thepolice(4)___________somefeathersinthebushes.Sincethefeatherswere(5)____________out,thepolicebelievedthatabirdwaskilled.Nexttothefeathers,therewasabrokenline.Thepolice(6)____________howthebirdwaskilled.TheJohnsonfamily,however,(7)___________tobelieveitwasabird.“ItwasaUFO,Itellyou!”saidMrJohnson.

loudquietInfearspreaddiscoveredwonderedrefuseComprehensionD1TinaandTomaretellingapoliceofficerwhattheyhaveseen.Completetheiranswerstothepoliceofficer’squestions.Police:Whydidyougototheforest?Tina:WewenttherebecauseIheard_________________________________lastnight.Police:Whathappened?Tina:Iwokeupatmidnightandsaw_________________________________It__________________________________________ThenIheardanoiseandsawaredlight.Police:Isee.Sowhendidyoureachtheforest?Tom:Wereachedtheforest__________________________.Police:Whathappenedthere?

anoiseandsawaredlight

ayellowlightinthesky.exploreafterschool

suddenlydivedtowardthegroundTom:Wesawanalien.Itwastall,with______________________________Police:Whatelsedidyousee?Tina:Wesaw_____________________Itwasdamagedbecauseof__________Police:Interesting!Whathappenednext?Tom:________________________________________________________________________discoveredus,soweranawayinfear.Police:Thanks,TinaandTom.We’llexploretheforesttotryandfindoutmoreaboutthesealiens.aroundheadandasilverbody.alongspaceship.

acrash.AnotheralienappearedfromthebushesinfrontofthemandD2Readthestoryagainandanswerthequestionsbelowincompletesentences.1.WhatareTinaandherfamily?2Whoarethealiens?3Wheredidthespaceshipcomefrom?

Birds.

Humanbeings.

Earth.*D3Inpairs,discusswhetheryoubelievealiensarereal.Whyorwhynot?AlienappearTinawokeupatmidnight.Shelookedoutofherwindowandsawayellowlightinthesky.Itsuddenlydivedtowardstheground.Sheheardanoiseandsawaredlight.Thenextmorning,TinamentionedittoherbrotherTom.“I’msuresomethinglandedintheforestnearthehillsasIheardaloudnoiselastnight,”shesaid.“Let’sexploreafterschool.”At6p.m.,TinaandTomreachedtheforest.Theyheardsomevoicesspeakingastrangelanguage,sotheyhidbehindsomebushesandkeptquiet.Thentheysawanalien!Itwastall,witharoundheadandasilverbody.Itwasstandingnexttoalongspaceship.Thespaceshipwasdamagedbecauseofacrash.Thechildrenwerefrightened.Suddenly,anotheralienappearedfromthebushesinfrontofthem.Itdiscoveredthemandmadeaterriblenoise!Thechildrenranawayinfear.Thenextmorning,TinaandTomtoldtheirparentsaboutthestrangecreatures.“Theywereveryugly.Theyhadsomehair,buttheydidn’thaveanyfeathers.”saidTina.“Therewassomethingwrittenonthespaceship,”saidTom.“Itlookedlikethis.Iwonderwhatitmeans.”Hedrewsomelinesonapieceofpaper.ButDadsaid,“Sincenooneelsesawthesealiens,Irefusetobelieveyou.Nowgotoschool!”Thechildrenspreadtheirwingsandflewtoschooltogether.Dadlookedatthepieceofpaperwiththestrangemarksonit.“Itlooksstrange,”hesaid,ashelookedattheword“EARTH”.Languagepoints1.Sincenooneelsesawthesealiens..(L23)since作為原因狀語從句，相當(dāng)于nowthat，意思是“因?yàn)椤热弧?，鑒于……”。since表示原因時(shí)，語氣比becau